I was just doing some digging and discovered that the band posted on Instagram on 9 March 2017 when they were in the studio in LA and The Tower was released early September. That's a five month period from studio to release. Based on that, we could see the next album in January. So when Bent said "after Christmas", he wasn't joking. I'm new to all this, but it seems to me that when the band say they're going to do something, there's a pretty good chance it'll happen. This makes a change from being a Yes fan: they do so many interviews and whenever they mention anything to do with new material, it usually turns out to be nothing.

@Mark - The comment by Onkelfuzzbass was made in response to another person who posted in the original Instagram post (by motorpsychoband) that started this thread. Click on the link in the original post and view the comments.

As this is my first time following the band create an album from inception, I'm very excited to follow the announcements or drips of information that come through. I get the impression they're not big on announcements and interviews, but that when they do do them, they don't hold much information back.

I'd love to see collaborations with Fiske or Lo, but based on Tomas' post in Facebook, it seems like only he, Fuzzbass and God are currently in the studio.